Mentorship for Student Research

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• 00:09a really wonderful and affirming
• 00:11environment for medical student research.
• 00:13And our philosophy is that we take
• 00:16medical students who are committed,
• 00:18creative, passionate,
• 00:19and we give them the resources and
• 00:23the tools to be able to answer any
• 00:26question that they deem important,
• 00:28the mission of the Office of Student.
• 00:31Research is really to enable
• 00:33students to understand the
• 00:35scientific method from the inside,
• 00:37to be able to communicate their
• 00:40research findings for maximal impact,
• 00:43and to really be able to analyze data
• 00:46critically for the rest of their lives.
• 00:49But it's important
• 00:50that people can develop
• 00:52their own educational path.
• 00:54And for that reason,
• 00:56in addition to the curricular offerings
• 00:58such as statistics, study design,
• 01:01rigor and reproducibility, Dr.
• 01:03Chowdhury and Ioffer weekly office
• 01:05hours in which we meet with students,
• 01:08we meet with mentors,
• 01:09and we ensure that their research
• 01:12is developing along the right path.
• 01:15So it's a wonderful opportunity for
• 01:17the medical students and for the
• 01:20faculty to work together on research.
• 01:22The medical students at Yale often joined
• 01:24a lab during the first summer or even
• 01:27earlier during their medical curriculum.
• 01:29So I have been really blessed to be
• 01:31part of the START program here at Yale.
• 01:33This is a unique program.
• 01:35Start is the summer to
• 01:37advance research training.
• 01:39It's that summer right before students
• 01:41enter Yale Medicine and it gives them an
• 01:44opportunity to partner with a mentor.
• 01:46And gain the tools they need
• 01:48to be successful in research.
• 01:50So within the four year curriculum,
• 01:53students have up to 16 months to
• 01:56conduct full-time research and that
• 01:59time is really a key ingredient.
• 02:02On top of that, students have the
• 02:05availability to do a tuition free 5th year.
• 02:09Potentially if students are interested,
• 02:11they have an entire year dedicated
• 02:12to have a research opportunity
• 02:14that will also be supervised
• 02:15not only by a primary mentor,
• 02:17but kind of a mentorship team
• 02:19as well with some additional.
• 02:21Structure that really has probably
• 02:22once in a lifetime opportunity
• 02:23for students to gain research
• 02:24before moving on to graduate.
• 02:26Medical education
• 02:26research is really a central part of
• 02:29the Yale system of medical education,
• 02:32and it's integrated.
• 02:33Yale is one of the few medical
• 02:35schools in the country that
• 02:37requires a research thesis as one
• 02:40of its graduation requirements,
• 02:42and we've actually done so
• 02:43for over a century. Getting
• 02:45into the lab and and or into the
• 02:48clinic and doing research helps them.
• 02:51Understand things in a whole different way.
• 02:53It's learning by doing.
• 02:55The impact can be seen in the
• 02:57professional development of our students.
• 02:59Many of them choose to
• 03:01do a fifth year research.
• 03:02Many of them are able to compete
• 03:05successfully for funding and for national
• 03:07awards in recognition of their work.
• 03:09The national average for graduating
• 03:12medical students is that about
• 03:14half of them will publish a peer
• 03:17review publication at Yale.
• 03:18We're really proud that
• 03:19that figure is over 90%.
• 03:22I think here at Yale you'll really find
• 03:24an environment that is geared towards
• 03:27you and to making sure that you have the
• 03:30tools you need for your future success.
• 03:32We really are invested in your future.